Victor Dzau

Victor Dzau
Dzau at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2013
Born 23 October 1945
Shanghai, China
Residence Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater McGill University
Spouse(s) Ruth Cooper Dzau
Children 2

Victor Joseph Dzau (Chinese: 曹文凱; pinyin: Cáo Wénkǎi;[1] born 23 October 1945) is a Chinese-American doctor who serves as the President of the United States National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine[2]) of the United States National Academy of Sciences. His six-year term began on July 1, 2014.

Biography

Dzau was born in Shanghai, Republic of China. His father owned a chemical manufacturing company. He and his family fled to Hong Kong to escape from the Chinese Communist government.[3] He received his M.D. from the medical school at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[4]

Dzau was the Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chairman of Medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University.[5] He then served as the Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University and President and CEO of the Duke University Medical Center.[6] Dzau is the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine. He was then elected President of the then Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine).[7]

He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was the previous Chairman of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cardiovascular Disease Advisory Committee, and he served on the Advisory Committee to the Director of NIH. Dr. Dzau has made a significant impact on medicine through his seminal research in cardiovascular medicine and genetics, his pioneering of the discipline of vascular medicine, and his leadership in health care innovation.

Dzau's wife, Ruth, is the president of The Second Step, a nonprofit charitable organization that provides housing and transnational programs for domestic violence victims. They have two daughters, Jacqueline and Merissa.[8] Dzau is Jewish and is on the honor roll of the Jewish Federation of Durham Chapel Hill and has been a speaker at the Federation's Ignite talks.[9][10]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "香港大學名譽博士學位畢業生 - 曹文凱". Hong Kong University. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Institute of Medicine to Become National Academy of Medicine". Archived from the original on 28 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Watts, Geoff (2014). "Victor Dzau: Change and controversy at the Institute of Medicine". The Lancet. 383 (9936): 2203. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61073-4.
  4. ↑ "Victor Dzau, M.D." Archived from the original on February 11, 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Husten, Larry. "Victor Dzau Leaving Duke To Head The Institute Of Medicine".
  6. ↑ "Dzaus Kick Off We Build People Campaign - YMCA". www.ymcatriangle.org.
  7. ↑ http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/News%20Announcements/IOM-Announces-Next-President.aspx
  8. ↑ "Victor J. Dzau, MD, Selected to Lead Duke University Health System".
  9. ↑ Becker, Sheldon (8 March 2014). "Dr Dzau: From Cancer to Community - The Future of Healthcare Systems and Hospitals" – via Vimeo.
  10. ↑ "2013 Honor Roll - Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill".
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